SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
Location
The School of Education and Professional Learning is located on the Symons Campus in Otonabee College. The main office is located in room OC 214.1.
Our mailing address is:
School of Education and Professional Learning
Trent University
1600 West Bank Drive
Peterborough, ON K9J 7B8
Phone: 705-748-1011 ext. 7564
Fax: 705-748-1144
Email: schoolofed@trentu.ca
History
The history of Teacher education in Peterborough traces back to 1908 with the opening of the Peterborough Normal School. Since 1973, Trent University has been providing quality teacher education beginning with the Queen's -Trent Concurrent Education program, the Emphasis in Education program, and then the Consecutive B.Ed. program... [more]
Conceptual Framework
For the Trent University School of Education and Professional Learning, effective teacher education is a partnership activity, involving the whole community as a community of learners in the activity of teacher preparation and ongoing professional learning. The activities of the community are grounded in current theory and research, and the community continually renews itself and its practices through critical reflection and creative, community-based responses... [more]